Say Grace - Sam Baker

She was almost out of high school

When she left home

Got a job in an office

She answered the phone

Her boss was a creep

He wouldn’t leave her alone

She had to go

Middle of that mess

She met a fine young man

They rolled into houston

In a chevrolet van

Louisiana tags

A beautiful band of gold

They carried each other

So long

But they drifted apart

Never really went wrong

Just married too young

Both moved along

C’est la vie

She starts every day

Just fine

Then she hears that voice

Same place same time

Her mother is in the mirror

With the same old lines to say

She says

You know better baby

Say grace

Don’t even try

You can’t take your brother’s place

Don’t even try

Don’t give me that face any more

So where does the time go

Now there’s gray in her hair

She sits at her dressing table

In a wrought iron chair

Wears a terrycloth robe

With a tear

When she is alone

The tv says war in the holy land

She looks at the wrinkles on the

Back of her hand

Rubs her finger where she wore a wedding band

She looks away

Precious savior

She remembers a hymn

It is a hymn

She never liked

She goes to the gym

Goes to work

Dinner with a friend

Falls asleep

With the tv on